Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1929, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. A King enjoys his favorite sport. King Albert and the Queen of Belgium (at left), with Princess Marie and a companion, out for the Winter sports at Murren, one of Switzerland’s famous resorts. —Wide World Photos. Still a magnet for the press. Thomas A. Edison, the distinguished inventor, draws news- paper men and photographers to his Fort Myers estate shortly after his arrival for a Winter stay in Florida. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Engine plows deep into bank in Canadian wreck. Wrecked cars and locomotive of a Toronto-bound passenger train from Buf- falo which nose-dived into an 80-foot hole near Stony Creek, Canada. A fireman was killed and a score of passengers received minor injuries. —Wide World Photos. Airwise youngster of 15 plans solo air tour. Ellsworth Rogers of San Antonio, Tex., who is believed to be the youngest member of the National Aecronautical Association and has enough solo flight hours to his credit to obtain a pilot’s license. He plans an air tour of the big cities next Summer. SPEAKERS LISTED FOR GRADUATIONS Schedule for Midyear Com- mencements Approved by School Authorities. ‘The schedule of commencement ad- dresses to be made at the midyear graduation exercises in the public schools next week has been completed at the school administration offices and has been approved by the school authorities. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, is scheduled to address the graduates of Wilson Normal School at 8 pm., January 31, and those of the ‘Western High School at 1 p.m, the same day. Other graduations and officials as- signed to them follow: January 30—Business High School, two-year class, 10 a.m., Harry G. Hine, secretary, Board of Education; Business High School, four-year class, 8 p.m., Henry L. Gilligan, member of school board; Eastern High School, two-year class, 8 p.m., Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent; Hine Junior High School, 2 p.m., Mr. Kramer; Jef- ferson Junior High School, 8 p.m., Rol ert L. Haycock, assistant superintendent; Langley Junior High School, 8 p.m., Mr. Hine; Macfarland Junior High School, 11 a.m., Miss Jessie La Salle, assistant superintendent; Armstrong High School, 8 pm, Rev. F. I. A, Bennett, member Board of Education; Randall Junior High School, 10:30 a.m., Mrs. William C. McNeill, board member, and Shaw Junior High School, 2 p.m., Dr. J. Hay- den Johnson, board member. January 31—Central High School, 8 pm., Mrs. Phillip S. Smith, member Board of Education; Eastern High School, four-year class, 8 p.m., Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, member Board of Education; McKinley High School, 8 pm., Isaac Gans, member Board of Education; Columbia Junior High School, 2 p.m., Miss Rose Lees Hardy, assistant superintendent; Powell Junior High School, 2 p.m., Mr. Haycock; Dunbar High School, 8 p.m., Mrs. McNeill, and Francis Junior High School, 10:30 am., Rev. Bennett. February 1—Cardozo High School, 8 p.m., Dr. J. Hayden Johnson. TRYING TO SIT IN CURTIS’ CAR COSTS MAN $25 FINE Demand Vice President-elect’s Chauffeur Leave Machine Re- sults in Intoxication Charge. ‘The belief that a chauffeur had no right to sit in a large automobile cost Charles Furfire, 43 years old, of 922 Fifth street, $25 yesterday. The car and chauffeur were awaiting Vice President-elect Curtis, who was attend- ing services at Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church, John Marshall place and C street, Sunday, when Furfire came down the street. He demanded that the chauffeur alight and allow him to enter, but be- fore his request could be granted Officer J. F. McLarney of the sixth precinct noticed the disturbance and arrested him. Judge John P. McMahon imposed a fine of $25 for intoxication. Roads being constructed in Amoy Island of China are being built largely by free labor supplied by the villagers. —Associated Press Photo. Two $10,000 Aides Provided in Bill For Hoover Staff By the Associated Press. Herbert Hoover will have two $10,000 a year private secretaries when he becomes President, if Congress approves. In repo: the independent offices appropriation bill yester- day, the Senate appropriations committee added $10,000 for the salary of an additional private secretary. This was done after a special recommendation was re- ceived from the Budget Bureau. ‘The present White House staff consists of Everett Sanders, prie vate secretary, with a salary of $10,000 a year, and Edward T. Clark and Stuart Crawford, as- sistants, with smaller salaries. The recommendation for a sal- ary for another private secretary was sent to Congress after Presi- dent-elect Hoover’s recent confer- ence with President Coolidge. BIDS FOR HOSPITAL UNITS TO BE OPENED Freedmen’s to Build Nurses’ Home, Dining Hall, Employes’ Quarters and Boiler House. Bids for construction of four build- ings at PFreedmen’s Hospital will be opened at 2 o'clock January 31, it is announced by the Interior Department. dining hall, employes’ quarters and a boiler house. ‘These structures have been designed by James Berrall, architect and engi- neer. The architectural design is sim- ilar to that of the present hospital group, having red brick walls, buff terra-cotta water table, cornice, coping and sills. The floor and roof construc- tion is of reinforced concrete through- out. The roofs will be covered with sheet metal and slag roofing. ‘The addition to the home for nurses will be 40 feet by 146 feet in plan, hav- ing a basement and three stories above. The basement will contain two class- rooms and a large lecture room. The first floor will have a spacious lobby or lounge, adjoining which are two recre- ation rooms and a reception room. The balance of the building is devoted to bedrooms for 67 nurses. The corridor floors are finished in mastic. The lobby and recreation room have wood floors. The dining hall is so located that convenient access to the kitchen, main corridor of hospital and outlying build- ings is provided. The dining room is one story, 46 feet by 68 feet, in plan, with diet kitchen and locker rooms. The addition to the power plant con- sists of a basement and one story i boiler room, 15 feet by 60 feet in plan, providing space for two additional 200~ horsepower boilers. FOUR DIE ON THIN ICE. | Seattle Youths Drown as Cold Snap. Comes to End. SEATTLE, January 22 (#).—Four deaths by breaking through ice was the toll of Seattle’s cold snap, which came to an end with rising temperatures today. John Baer, 10; Charles Daugherty, 12, and Robert Sorenson, 12, were drowned in Green Lake when they walked too far out on thin ice. Winston Churchill, 20, messenger boy, crashed through while attempting to cross g.hs;vunnt of Italy Mud Lake on his motor gycle. { Looking down on the tropical beauties of Belle Isle, near Miami, where President. on the J. C. mainland. America lures another royal visitor. Prince Cyrill of Preslav, brother of King Boris III of Bulgaria, resting in a New York hotel after his arrival in America yesterday. The prince laughingly denied reports that he hopes to take an American heiress back with him. SPANISH WAR VETERANS The bulldings are a home for nurses, a| ASK CRUISER BILL ACTION Immediate Passage of Measure De- manded by Legislative Com- mittee Meeting Here, The Untied Spanish War Veterans have gone on record for immediate passage of the cruiser bill. A resolu- tion advocating the measure was adopt- ed by the national legislative committee meeting with Commander-in-chief Wil- liam L. Grayson of Savannah, Ga., at the Hamilton Hotel. “The United Spanish War Veterans are vitally interested in the crulser bill now pending in Congress,” Grayson said. “At the very beginning of our organization, immediately after the Spanish War, we set forth as the out- standing purpose, and embodied it in our constitution, ‘constantly to exert an influence to the end that our Govern- ment at all times shall provide an adequate national defense.’” Members of the committee here are Judge Edward S. Matthias of the Su- preme Court of Ohio; former Lieut. Gov. George Lunn of New York; J. C. Benjamin, Raleigh, N. C.; Senator Rice W. Means, Colorado; George W. Peters, Des Moines, Towa; William C. Dufour, New Orleans; William H. Armstrong, Racine, Wis.; W. L. Mattocks, Wash- ington; John J. Garrity, former chief of police of Chicago; Charles W. New- ton, Hartford, Conn.; C. W. Herrick, Chicago; Judge Albert D. Alcorn, Cin- cinnatti; John Lewis Smith, Washing- ton; Otto N. Raths, St. Paul, and Frank Shea, Hartford, Conn. Representing the ladies’ auxiliary were Mrs. Olive ! Ravens, national president, nad Mrs. Elizabeth Hartung, chairman of the legislative committee. Boris May Wed During Eastex. BELGRADE, January 22 (@,-~& Sofia dispatch to the newspaper 2y ul- yesterday said that King Boris garia will probably marry Incess at Sofe during ter week. . —Associated Press Photo. Sy . ~elect and Mrs. Hoover arrive today to reside Penney estate during their Florida visit. At left is seen one of the causeways connecting the island with the —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Another celebrity enters the movies. Chief Two-Guns White Calf, whose profile, the world’s appearing on the reverse side of the buffalo nickel, is one of best known, has cast his fortune with He is shown with Dorothy Janis, the screen actress. the celluloid industry. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. CANNON'S DRY FIGHT IN SOUTH |OPENING OF HORSE SHOWS WINS HIM TRIP TO HOLY LAND| TO BE ARRANGED TODAY Gets Christian Herald Awar| for Aiding Religious Prog- ress in 1928. Dinner Will Be Held in New York to Honor Militant Bishop. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 22—A trip to the Holy Land is the prize awarded to Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church South by the Christian Herald for the most signifi- cant contribution by an American citi- {zen to religious progress in 1928. The bishop will sail on February 14 on the Calgaric and prior to his sailing will be honored at a dinner here, it was announced today. Stanley High, editor of the Christian Herald, was quoted in Columbus, Ohio, yesterday as saying the bishop was chosen because of “his long and distin- guished Christian leadership and, in particular, because of his campaign in Mother Left Sophie Loeb Estate. NEW YORK, January 22 (#).— Sophie Irene Loeb, social service worker ;a0d author, left more than $100,000 {iagely in real estate, when she died January 18, the filing of her will yes- "lgly showed. % : oF gpother, Mrs. ry Simon of ytiand, "Wia., is the principal bene- ficiary, rdving the life use of the Tesicrias mmcate, » BISHOP CANNON. the South on behalf of prohibition be- fore the last national election.” “The wets reviled him,” sald Mr. High, “and the wet press made him the brunt of its caricatures. But he never flinched and now, in victory, he asks no reward for himself.” Kanjikato Succeeds Suzuki. TOKIO, January 22 (4#).—Admiral Kanjikato, commander-in-chief of the combined fleet since 1926, today was appointed chief of the Japanese naval staff in succession to Admiral Kantaro Suzuki. Admiral Suzuki becomes lord ‘and chamberlain to Emperor Hiro- Bito in Tiace of the late Gount Chinda. Virginia Association Will Convene for Election of New Officers. Arrangements for the opening dates of the Washington, Rockville and vari- ous Virginia horse shows will be made at a meeting of the Virginia Horse Show Association this afternaan at the Washington Riding and Hunt Club, New officers of the association are to be elected also. o The Washington show, as usual, will open the series of events in this section. The Virginia association has super- vision over a dozen or more exhibitions, including those given annually at Upperville, Culpeper, Keswick, Orange, Berryville, Marshall, Fairfax, Remount Depot, Warrenton and others, M. W. Carter of Orange is president of the association. Other officers are H. C. Warden of Berryville, vice presi- dent, and F. D. Gaskins of Warrenton, secretary and treasurer. CLINE DEATH CLEARED. Novelist Victim of Heart Trouble, Autopsy Reveals. NEW YORK, January 22 (#).— Leonard Cline, novelist, who was re- leased from jail last July after serving a jail term for manslaughter, and whose body was found in his Greenwich Vil- lage studio yesterday, died of heart trouble, an autopsy disclosed yesterday. There were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death, which occurred five days ago, saild Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales, who performed the autopsy. 14 annuat LION Stiow Luna Park ‘Witiner in the lion show. King, zoo lion at Luna Park, Los Angeles, holding the cup presented to him as winner of the first annual lion show there. Since the judge, Clarence Kuntz, had to pose with the winner, he probably considered his disposition in making the award. Brothers Woo, Wed And Separate From Wives at Same Time By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 22—A di- agram of the matrimonial careers of Robert and Alfred La Ferla, brothers, would show two parallel lines. They courted together. ‘They were married together in a double ceremony July 8, 1922. They separated from their wives January 10, 1929. Yesterday their wives, who are not related, started divorce proceedings. The charges were cruelty and con- centration on business to the ex- clusion of affection. AUTO, LEFT IN GEAR, RUNS OVER MECHANIC Another Workman Accidentally Presses Starter Button, Putting Machine Into Motion. Herman K. Willlams, 37-year-old mechanic, sustained a compound frac- ture of the leg last night when an auto- mobile, which he had left standing in gear, rolled over him as another mechanic accidentally pressed the starter button. Willlams, who lives at 130 Tenth street northeast, was working under the front wheels of the machine in the L. P. Steuart garage at 1444 P street. Raymond Barham, another mechanic, was working inside the automobile. ‘When the latter pressed his elbow against the starter button, the machine moved forward and crushed Williams against a workbench. He was taken to Emergency Hospital and treated by Dr. I. Rutkoski of the hospital staff. Mrs. Ethel Spector, 80 years old, of 449 G street, was knocked down by a five-ton truck as she was crossing Massachusetts avenue at Pifth street yesterday afternoon. Abraham Wilson, colored, 40 years old, of 61 M street southwest, driver of the truck, was arrested by sixth precinct police and charged with operating without a permit. Mrs. Spector was taken to Casualty s. Hospital in the police patrol. She w treated by Dr. Louis Jimal of the h m,m staff, for shock, bruises and lacera- ns. As he was driving along Eleventh street between G and H streets south- east, Lieut. Sidney J. Marks of the eleventh precinct, struck Mrs. Hilda Paxson, 18 years old, of 536 Tenth street / southeast. Lieut. Marks took the in- jured girl to Casualty Hospital in his car, and after she had been treated by Dr. Jimal for shock, she returned home. $5,000 DAMAGE CAUSED —Wide World Photos. $834.% IS SPENT INPRIMARY DRIVES Senate Campaign Funds Committee Approves Expen- ditures of 15 Candidates. The Senate campaign funds investi- gation committee yesterday approved the expenditure of $894,096 in the last presidential primary campaign by the 15 candidates in the two major parties. In the report which he submitted to the Senate Chairman Steiwer held the money was legitimately spent. He in- cluded a recommendation from the committee for legislation to “safeguard against possible future abuses in pri- campaigns and in convention contests.” Hoover Expenses Largest. Herbert Hoover reported the largest amount with pre-convention expendi- tures placed at $395,254.12. Alfred E. Smith, who won the Democratic nomi- nation, was next largest spender in the primaries, the committee putting his expenses at $152,622.53. Frank O. Lowden, who made a deter~ mined fight for the Republican nomina- tion, was third in line in expenditures with $87.415.97, and the late Senator Frank Willis of Ohio was fourth with expenses of $66,534.52. The committee reported $75,428.51 was spent in the primaries which it was unable to allot to any single candi- date. Presidential Race Probe Incomplete. The inquiry of the committee into the campaign expenses of the presi- dential campaign has not yet been completed. No hearings whatever have been held on this and it is its present intention to rely on the campaign re- ports submitted by the national com- mittees of the various political parties. The reports of the candidates in the primary campaign, with the receipts }hl'led first and then the expenditures, ollow: Republicans—Herbert Hoover, $380,- 151.93, $395254.18; Charles Curtis, $12.255, $11,539.67; Charles G. Dawes, $579.50, $579.50; George G. Norris, nothing, $6,282; James G. Watson, $35,831, $36,472.76; Frank $100,462.34, $87,415.97; $62.987.77, $66,534.52; Guy D. Goff, nothing, $2,979.66. Democrats—Alfred E. Smith, $142- 248.96, $152,622.53; Frank Hitchcock, $105, $1,744.85; Walter F. George, noth- ing, $115; Cordell Hull, $1,845, $1,84 Thomas J. Walsh, $1,257, $2,19 James A. Reed, $51,481.64, $52,982.6( Atlee Pomerene, nothing, $100. BY TWO-ALARM BLAZE Firemen Fight for Hour Before Subduing Flames in Hecht Co. Storehouse. A two-alarm fire in a storehouse of th: Hecht Co., 619 E street, caused ap- | by the proximately $5.000 damage early last night and lighted up much of the downtown lecgnn of the city. The fire spread swiftly from the ground floor, where it started unknown origin, to the R e ‘The Duke of Abruzzi, the Italian royal explorer, is his e ition. Hapky sinia. busy pi for interior of Abys- into the e HITS LICENSE SYSTEM. Citizens’ Association Argues in Aid of Small Businesses. A resolution favoring the abolition of licenses on small businesses was passed a